Search for 3- and 4-Body Decays of the Scalar Top Quark in ppˉp\bar{p} Collisions at s=1.8\sqrt{s} = 1.8 TeV

Collaboration
Oct, 2003
14 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 581 (2004) 147-155
Report number:
  • FERMILAB-PUB-03-306-E
Experiments:

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We have searched for the signature of 3- and 4-body decays of pair-produced scalar top quarks (stop) in the inclusive final state containing an electron, a muon, and significant missing transverse energy using a sample of p p ̄ events corresponding to 108.3 pb −1 of data collected with the DØ detector at Fermilab. The search is done in the framework of the minimal supersymmetric standard model assuming that the neutralino ( χ ̃ 0 1 ) is the lightest supersymmetric particle and is stable. No evidence for a signal is found and we derive cross-section upper limits as a function of stop ( t̃ ) and neutralino masses in different decay scenarios leading to the bℓν χ ̃ 0 1 final state.
  • D0
  • anti-p p: colliding beams
  • anti-p p: inclusive reaction
  • squark: search for
  • squark: top
  • squark: pair production
  • squark: decay modes
  • final state: (3particle)
  • final state: (4particle)
  • W: exchange